Melbourne doctors under review for promoting discredited Covid treatment

The drug regulator says a group of doctors is being investigated for promoting hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the virus, against all scientific evidence

Trust the experts, we are told. Believe the science. But what happens when it is a group of eminent doctors who are behind the misinformation - and they back their claims with a superficially convincing bevy of peer-reviewed academic journal articles?

These are the questions raised by the existence of the Covid Medical Network - a company run by three Melbourne doctors that has been promoting the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid-19 in defiance of the public health authorities, the World Health Organization and most expert medical opinion.